mfp blog hop day 3 thankful

Welcome to MFP 
October Blog Hop
Theme is: Thanks
There will be prizes given for commenting
and for doing the tutorials. Each winner 
will be chosen by Random.Org.
A large stamp set for commenting.
A mini stamp set for doing the tutorial, 
and everyone doing the tutorials will
earn a Tutorial Badge.

BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES
FOUND HERE! 
(be sure to read)

NOW TO THE HOP!
You will have until 3pm CT,
Friday, October 28th to
comment and do tutorials.

Join us each day, Oct. 25 - 28, for some 

time to be THANKFUL!

Prize for COMMENTING,
chosen by Random.Org, is
CALENDAR

The MFP Winners Badge for 

commenting and tutorial 
will be awarded. 

BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES
FOUND HERE!

Tutorials

            1. Subway Art Sentiments by Kren
               2. Clip Place Card Holders by Vickie

Prize for doing a TUTORIAL, 
chosen by Random.Org, is
"Halloween Selections Mini"

Enter your tutorial submissions

at MFP October Blog Hop Day 1.

MFP Tutorial Badge is awarded
just for trying one of the tutorials.

All prizes and badge winners will be announced

on Sat. Oct. 29st.

NOW...

Let's get started HOPPING !!

Here's the Design Team

Karen

Kren

Lois

Marilynn

Pam 

Sandy

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day to be 
inspired! Get to work on the tutorials and show 
us what you make by Oct. 28, 3pm CT 
and don't forget to be commenting! Come back 
on Oct. 29th to see if you are a winner!!

My way of interpreting Thankfulness? Well, my daughter is expecting the arrival of my first grandchild in just a few days. I decided to make little thank you cards to give to the nurses and hospital staff.  Still waiting no baby. Here is the third card I made for the staff.

 

mfp day 2 thankful hop

Welcome to MFP 
October Blog Hop
Theme is: Thanks
There will be prizes given for commenting
and for doing the tutorials. Each winner 
will be chosen by Random.Org.
A large stamp set for commenting.
A mini stamp set for doing the tutorial, 
and everyone doing the tutorials will
earn a Tutorial Badge.

BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES
FOUND HERE! 
(be sure to read)

NOW TO THE HOP!
You will have until 3pm CT,
Friday, October 28th to
comment and do tutorials.

Join us each day, Oct. 25 - 28, for some 

time to be THANKFUL!

Prize for COMMENTING,
chosen by Random.Org, is
CALENDAR

The MFP Winners Badge for 

commenting and tutorial 
will be awarded. 

BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES
FOUND HERE!

Tutorials

            1. Subway Art Sentiments by Kren
               2. Clip Place Card Holders by Vickie

Prize for doing a TUTORIAL, 
chosen by Random.Org, is
"Halloween Selections Mini"

Enter your tutorial submissions

at MFP October Blog Hop Day 1.

MFP Tutorial Badge is awarded
just for trying one of the tutorials.

All prizes and badge winners will be announced

on Sat. Oct. 29st.

NOW...

Let's get started HOPPING !!

Here's the Design Team

Karen

Kren

Lois

Marilynn

Pam 

Sandy

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day to be 
inspired! Get to work on the tutorials and show 
us what you make by Oct. 28, 3pm CT 
and don't forget to be commenting! Come back 
on Oct. 29th to see if you are a winner!!

My way of interpreting Thankfulness? Well, my daughter is expecting the arrival of my first grandchild in just a few days. I decided to make little thank you cards to give to the nurses and hospital staff.  Still waiting no baby. Here is the second card I made for the staff.

 

Blog Hop Day 1 for THANKFULNESS

Welcome to MFP 
October Blog Hop
Theme is: Thanks
There will be prizes given for commenting
and for doing the tutorials. Each winner 
will be chosen by Random.Org.
A large stamp set for commenting.
A mini stamp set for doing the tutorial, 
and everyone doing the tutorials will
earn a Tutorial Badge.

BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES
FOUND HERE! 
(be sure to read)

NOW TO THE HOP!
You will have until 3pm CT,
Friday, Oct 28th to
comment and do tutorials.

Join us each day, Oct. 25 - 28, for some 

time to be THANKFUL!

Prize for COMMENTING,
chosen by Random.Org, is
CALENDAR

The MFP Winners Badge for 

commenting and tutorial 
will be awarded. 

BLOG HOP GUIDELINES AND RULES
FOUND HERE!

Tutorials

            1. Subway Art Sentiments by Kren
               2. Clip Place Card Holders by Vickie

Prize for doing a TUTORIAL, 
chosen by Random.Org, is
"Halloween Selections Mini"

Enter your tutorial submissions

at MFP October Blog Hop Day 1.

MFP Tutorial Badge is awarded
just for trying one of the tutorials.

All prizes and badge winners will be announced

on Sat. Oct. 29st.

NOW...

Let's get started HOPPING !!

Here's the Design Team

Karen

Kren

Lois

Marilynn

Pam 

Sandy

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day to be 
inspired! Get to work on the tutorials and show 
us what you make by Oct. 28, 3pm CT 
and don't forget to be commenting! Come back 
on Oct. 29th to see if you are a winner!!

My way of interpreting Thankfulness? Well, my daughter is expecting the arrival of my first grandchild in just a few days. I decided to make little thank you cards to give to the nurses and hospital staff. 

 

A touch of blue- OPPOSITES

With presidential elections coming up, there is so much negativity, and it seems to me that more than any other election people have a strong opinion one way or the other... I have seen people on facebook be just terrible to their "friends" who disagree with them. I challenged my friend Pam today in light of all this stress that we needed to make a card that showed that opposites can come together and make something beautiful. So I challenged her to make a black and white card. She said we needed a pop of color (I voted for blue, but just for this card LOL). I added we needed to add lace. We did this week's SCS sketch. I flipped the sketch. On my oval I added some silver inka gold metallic rub because I wanted it to look like a mirror. I wanted to remind people, including myself, that having a nicer, kinder place starts with the person we see in the mirror.

double challenge card

I made this for two challenges. I made it for House of Cards: October color challenge and for MOJO Monday 470

Stencil Sunday for STAMPlorations - little pumpkin

Hello friends. It is not too late to join ARTplorations Mixed Media Challenge. You can link up your non-card mixed media projects. The theme is always anything mixed media goes EXCEPT a card and you must use at least one stencil (any brand) on your project. Linky closes on the 31st.

Prizes: $15 gift certificate OR choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils to the winner
choice of 1 ARTplorations stencil to the top picks

My project for this week's stencil Sunday is this cute little pumpkin. Can you see the stencil I used? Probably not but it is there. I took a page from my  STAMPlorations COLOR BLOOMS coloring book. I water colored the page with pinks oranges and yellows. I didn't worry about coloring in the images, just did overall blotches of color. Then I took my ARTplorations MERRY GO ROUND 
stencil and placed it over the colored page. I traced the stencil with a black ink pen. then I colored the triangles in with darker colors of orange and then I added inka gold metallic rub inside the triangles. I chose this stencil, because the little triangles made me think of slices of pie. Who doesn't love pumpkin pie? I then cut the page into strips. I made loops with the strips an glued them together. I added a broken bamboo skewer for the stem. I added little multi-colored pearls and some wired leaves. The finished pumpkin is about 3 inches wide and about 2 inches tall.

Sunflowers in fall colors

 A second twist and pop card made for my friend Jeannie's Dragonfly Journey's Color Challenge.

Teal butterflies in the fall

I made this pop and twist card for my friend Jeannie's Dragonfly Journeys color challenge.

I am also entering it into ANYTHING BUT CUTE #18 An Autumn Day Inspiration.

 

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STAMPabilities October Mixed Media Challenge- pumpkin magnet

 

MIXED MEDIA CHALLENGE

It is the start of a new month. Time for ARTplorations  mixed media challenge. You are welcome to share your mixed media projects with us.  The theme is always anything mixed media goes except a card and you  must use at least one stencil (any brand) on your project. Linky closes at the end of the month.

Prizes: $15 gift certificate OR choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils to the winner

choice of 1 ARTplorations stencil to the top picks

For my project I used:

ARTplorations stencil: BUBBLE DANCE

and the 

STAMPlorations DIGI that Shery made for the Fall Coffee Lover's Bloghop.

I made a refrigerator magnet using a coaster that was given me from a Chili's resturant. I covered the coaster with ink spray smashed paper. I used the stencil to draw the bubbles. I shaded the left side of the bubbles. I added pearls of different colors. I glue some little alphabet tiles and some burlap to the top of that. I watercolored the pumpkin and leaves. I paper piece the cups with kraft paper. I curved the pumpkin over my finger to add some dimension. I glued a magnet to the back of the coaster.